{"id":583890,"date":"2026-08-29T09:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T09:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/583890\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T09:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T09:44:19","slug":"lotto-results-winning-numbers-for-tonights-23-million-powerball-jackpot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/583890\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotto results: Winning numbers for tonight\u2019s $23 million Powerball jackpot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">In last weekend\u2019s draw, four lucky Lotto players <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/lotto-four-players-win-250000-as-powerball-jackpot-rolls-over-to-20m-on-wednesday\/ECTMTHLZBRFSPJGZACOVDNLALE\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/lotto-four-players-win-250000-as-powerball-jackpot-rolls-over-to-20m-on-wednesday\/ECTMTHLZBRFSPJGZACOVDNLALE\/\" target=\"_blank\">bagged $250,000 each<\/a>, a quarter-share of the Lotto First Division prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">The winning tickets were sold at SuperValue Whanganui, Westgate Pak\u2019nSave, and to two My Lotto players in Whang\u0101rei and Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">SuperValue Whanganui owner Priya Patel said she was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/whanganui-chronicle\/news\/lotto-ticket-sold-in-whanganui-wins-share-of-1m-first-division-prize\/6UCCTK5CMNFJ5AWZ4YTSMQKLE4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/whanganui-chronicle\/news\/lotto-ticket-sold-in-whanganui-wins-share-of-1m-first-division-prize\/6UCCTK5CMNFJ5AWZ4YTSMQKLE4\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cabsolutely thrilled that a local customer may have won\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">She told the Herald on Monday that the winner had not yet visited the store to claim their \u201clife-changing\u201d prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">Powerball and Strike Four had no winners on Saturday, jackpotting to $20m and $700,000 respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">However, 13 players took home a dazzling $25,851 each with Lotto Second Division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">Six of the winning tickets were sold through My Lotto to two players from Auckland, one in Hamilton, one in New Plymouth, one in Manawat\u016b-Whanganui, and one in Christchurch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">The rest were sold in physical stores: Marston Moor Kait\u0101ia, Four Square Snells Beach, Springfield Superette and Lotto Rotorua, Woolworths The Valley New Plymouth, New World New Plymouth, The Blagdon Store New Plymouth and Halo Lotto and Convenience Lower Hutt.<\/p>\n<p>What to do if you win<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">Ticket holders can see immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/lifestyle\/lotto-powerball-jackpot-hits-33m-financial-adviser-on-what-lucky-winner-should-do\/VH55W2HRSFFVNLWQ4KEO6GQUBQ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/lifestyle\/lotto-powerball-jackpot-hits-33m-financial-adviser-on-what-lucky-winner-should-do\/VH55W2HRSFFVNLWQ4KEO6GQUBQ\/\" target=\"_blank\">if they have won<\/a> if they purchased a ticket through My Lotto. Prizes of $1000 or less are automatically credited to the buyer\u2019s account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">For prizes exceeding $1000, winners must complete an online prize claim form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">Winners with physical tickets must still visit a Lotto retailer to claim their prize.<\/p>\n<p>Lotto Powerball wins in 2026<\/p>\n<p>January 14 \u2013 $10.2m, My Lotto, Manawat\u016b-WhanganuiJanuary 21 \u2013 $5.3m, My Lotto, OtagoFebruary 14 \u2013 $5.08m, Coastlands Lotto, ParaparaumuFebruary 14 \u2013 $5.08m, New World Greymouth, GreymouthFebruary 14 \u2013 $5.08m, My Lotto, MastertonFebruary 18 \u2013 $4.5m, Glen Innes Dairy and Lotto Outlet, AucklandMarch 28 \u2013 $12.75m, My Lotto, AucklandMarch 28 \u2013 $12.75m, My Lotto, AucklandApril 15 \u2013 $14.3m, My Lotto, New Plymouth<\/p>\n<p>Top five Lotto individual wins of all time:<\/p>\n<p>$44.06m \u2013 Auckland, 2016$42.02m \u2013 Waikato, 2021$37.12m \u2013 Wellington, 2023$33.05m \u2013 Christchurch, 2023$33.01m \u2013 Auckland, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In last weekend\u2019s draw, four lucky Lotto players bagged $250,000 each, a quarter-share of the Lotto First Division&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[34309,40671,2082,39724,305,38040,10506,1132,111,43,139,3591,69,10702,20878,5909,165,3018,18457,102],"class_list":["post-583890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-34309","tag-draw","tag-for","tag-grabs","tag-have","tag-jackpot","tag-lotto","tag-million","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-numbers","tag-nz","tag-players","tag-powerball","tag-results","tag-their","tag-tonights","tag-winning","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}